Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Education Authority · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- D and H Motors Ltd. SME
- Value
- £3,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Repair & maintenance · Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment (CPV 50100000)
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Official notice
- 019831-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 May 2021
- Published8 May 2025Published 1443 days after the contract date
Description
Contractor for the provision of a vehicle maintenance and repair service, ensuring that all vehicles are kept in safe and roadworthy condition. The EA requires that all vehicles will be always maintained in accordance with manufacturers’ recommendations, and to ensure compliance with relevant UK, Northern Ireland and European Union Legislations and Regulations to meet the standards set under the DVA Guide to Maintaining Roadworthiness Commercial Goods and Passenger Carrying Vehicles. Additional information: EA originally awarded contract TRN-20-010 for period 01/06/2021 – 31/05/2025 which included a built in optional 2, one year extensions taken between 01/06/2023 – 31/05/2025. EA now propose a further 4-month extension to run from 01/06/2025 – 30/09/2025.. . Modification to the Framework is required due to delays in the procurement process which could not have been anticipated and is necessary to ensure ongoing service provision of Vehicle Maintenance and Repair of EA Vehicles in the…
About the supplier
D and H Motors Ltd.: every public contract they have won.